A family of Hawks lived on an island in a lake not far from the great forest. On the northern shore of this lake lived a Lion, King of Beasts. On the eastern shore lived a Kingfisher. On the southern shore of the lake lived a Turtle.
"Have you many friends near here?" the Mother Hawk asked the Father Hawk.
"No, not one in this part of the forest," he said.
"You must find some friends. We must have some one who can help us if ever we are in danger, or in trouble," said the Mother Hawk.
"With whom shall I make friends?" asked the Father Hawk.

Once there was a bad boy named Tom. The older he grew, the wiser he thought himself. He played tricks on many people. So, no one in the town liked him.
One day he asked his grandmother for some money. She had plenty, but she would not give him any. So that evening Tom went to the meadow and caught grandmother's black cow. He took the cow to an empty house, kept her there for three days. He used to give the cow food and water at night when nobody would see him going and coming.
Tom told his grandmother that some one had stolen the cow. This was a great sorrow to her. At last she told Tom to buy her another cow at a fair in a neighboring town. She gave him three pounds to buy a cow.